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R. F. OBERNDORFER GARMENT Filed July 1. 1922 Patented Dee. l, 1923.

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RALPH F. OBERNDORFER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO OBERNDORFER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

GARMENT.

Application filed. July 1, 1922. Serial No. 572,209.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH F. @BERN- Donrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwau- 5 Akee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garments of the apron type, the garment being particularly designed for acid workers. The invention aims to provide a garment which includes an" apron and leg protectors, the latter being of novel form and secured to the apron in a novel manner.

The apron proper preferably consists of two layers of material and the leg protectors are secured to or suspended from the inner layer thereof. The leg protectors are cut in such a manner as to allow exceptionally free and unhindered motion on the part of the worker wearing the garment and are also so cut that they flare out at their lower ends in a manner to clear the shoes of the wearer whereby any acid running down the leg protectors will not fall towards his shoes.

The various features of novelty of the invention will appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification, reference being had to the appended claims for the scope of the invention.

Figures 1 and 2 rare perspective views showing the appearance of the apron when worn by an acid worker;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view looking at the inside of the garment;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a lay out of the leg portion.

designates the apron part of the garment; 11 the leg protectors which are secured thereto; 12 the bands forming part of the leg protectors and 13 the suspenders secured to the apron.

The apron proper consists of two layers or thicknesses of material as indicated in Fig. 4t by 10a and 10b, and this material is acid resisting the same preferably being rubberized fabric. The two layers of material are secured at their marginal edges in any suitable manner as by stitching.

rlhev leg protectors are secured to the apron somewhat above the lower marginal edge thereof and inwardly of the sides thereof and they are stitched to the apron by securement to the inner layer l0h of the apron as at 14. By securing the leg protectors to the inner layer 10b, the outer layer 10ZL of the apron is not perforated and consequently forms a protecting cover in front of the seams 111. This arrangement is an important feature of the invention inasmuch as when the stitches are passed through :the apron so as to be exposed on the outside thereof, the acid will attack the stitches and come in contact with the body of the worker. My invention obviates this objection.

The leg protectors are cut in such a manner that they do not hug the lower part of the leg, but extend away therefrom so as to overlie or protect the foot of the wearer against acid dripping down the leg protectors. The lay out -of the leo: protector is shown in Fig. 5, 1la designating the lay out. The outside edge of the leg is designated by a and 7, and it will be noted that this is not a straight line, but that there is a bulge at a. The inside of the leg is designated c, ci, c, and it will be noted that the line c, d, is on a curve which leaves the pattern at d. It will now be seen that if a line is drawn from b to f there will be a section of material which can be considered as a wing and there will also be a wing section on the other side of the leg protector such wing being that portion extending on one side of the line drawn from the points c to e. Letters a and d serve to identify these wing portions. It will be noted that the band 12 extends between the wing portions c and d of each leg protector and the band holds the said wings in a rearwardly extending position whereby both sides of each leg of the wearer are fully protected. A

It is also to be noted that by having rearwardly extending wings on each leg protector, the same being located above the midlength position of the protector, the center of gravity of the leg protector is not in the plane of the leg protector but at a point in the rear thereof and consequently, the lower end of the leg protector will' tend to swinlg` outwardly over the feet of the wearer. t

tectors to a point at they back thereof, and consequently, the leg protectors will tend to swing outwardly over the feet of theV wearer.

What I claim is:

l. In combina-tion, a'n' apron comprising. two layers of material, the outer layer being -acid resisting, and a pair of leg protectors secured at their upper ends` tov the inner layer only;

2. In combination, an apron comprising two layers of material Secured together at their marginal edges7 the outer layer being acid resisting, and a pair of leg protectors secured at their upper ends to` the .inner layer only and above the bottom edge of 'the apron.

8. ln combination, an apron comprising two layers of material, the outer layer being acid resisting and leg protectors secured to the inner layer and above the bottom edge of thel apron in spacedy position from the sides thereof.

ln'te'stimony whereof ll affix my signature.

RALPH F. OBERNDORFER. 

